Serial killer Hans Beckert, whose victims are children, becomes the target of a vast Berlin police manhunt in this classic thriller from Germany. His crimes are so repugnant, and so disruptive to the life of the city, that even members of the seedy criminal underworld set out after him. Hunted by police and crooks alike, the murderer soon realises he is being tracked, which drives him into a tense and frantic bid to evade justice.